On November 9, environmental activists disrupted a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve System (FRS) Chairman Jerome Powell during a research conference of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. According to the reporter, the head of the regulatory body temporarily left the event accompanied by security. RIA News.
The agency said that during Powell’s speech, a large group of environmental activists took to the stage with a “climate disaster” poster. Protesters chanted slogans calling for an end to fossil fuel use.
As a result, Jerome Powell temporarily left the stage and courtroom. Due to the participation of environmental activists, the remaining panelists, including IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath and Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron, had to leave the stage and wait for security.
After security escorted the activists out, the US Federal Reserve chairman’s speech resumed.
At the end of October, activists of the environmental movement Just Stop Oil sprayed Orange starch from the skeleton of a huge dinosaur at the Natural History Museum in London.
Former environmental activists soaked Color the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.